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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-13

Into the ward Of the whewashcd halls,
Where the e I'd and tho dying lay
Woun led 10y baS OnCtS, shells and balls,
Somebody darling was borne day;
Somebody darling so young and brave,
Wearing yet ON his sweet, pale face
The ling 'riug light of his boyhood's grace.
Matted AMI damp are the eurls of gold
kissing the snow of that iuir Young brow
Pale are the lips of delicate mold
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Back from his beautiful blue-Vcuci brow,
Brush his Wandering waves OF gold;
Cr0sS his hands on bis bosom now
Somebody darling is still aud cold.
Kiss him once for somebody's sake;
Murmur prayer sofl and lows
Onc bright carl from It's fair mates take,
They were somebody pride YOU Know
Somebody's hand had rested there
Was il a mothers soft and white?
or have the lips of sister fair
Been baptized in their waves of lightP
The circus clown was the great promnlgator
OF popular music during and Just after the
war lie was then in the full blaze of his
glory. Since then the blaze has degenerated
To a spark and thar is threatening to go out.
But twenty years ago he was the biggest at
traction in the ring, and his song sold like
shares in wildcat mining scheme
Tho war songs were succeeded by what
might be termed the Billyemersonian epoch
These were the days when the big Suntlow-
err ana Love Among the Roses" were cpl
demic. The agile BILLY was the pioneer of the
genteolsong ambulance business, and when he
sang:
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JUSTICE Is NOT SWIFT.
Third Week of the Chicago Doodle
Cases and no jury.

CHICAGO, May 24.-When the corpu-
lent bailiff raped for order in Judge
Shepherds court this morning, the
third week of the effort to secure a
jury in the trial of Warden McGarigle
and Engineer Mcdonald of the county
hospital, had commenced. Eight men
out of the necessary d. zen filed into
the box and the judges face wore an
air of weariness when he looked over
his sheet and saw that the state and
defense had still dozen peremptory
challenges to divide between them.
The states attorney too is getting dis
gusted with the long drawn out char
acter of the preliminary proceedings,
especially as the defendants are but
tive out of some fifty members of the
Cook county combine" who have been
indicted and arc to he brought to trial
this summer. 1t is probable that a
jury will have been secured by the
middle of the week, but the prosecu-
ton is apprehensive that even then
some dilatory motion or sensation may
be sprung by counsel for the defence,
which may prevent speedy prcsenta-
ton OF the evidence against the de-
fen0antS
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KIMBALL.

KlMBALL, May 24.-Last Friday
evening the central part of this county
was visited by young cyclone. The
house of Frank Dudacek, on 2l-102-69,
was torn to pieces; the family taking
refuge behind a stone pile, were snot
harmed. The barn was also demol-
ished and Il new wagon torn to pieces
the tires being taken off the wheels
and twisted in rope.
On Saturday big wind storm did
some damage in places, but the rain
accompanying it did our growing
crops an immense benefit, and the
prospect could not he better.
kinball votes on the proposition to
incorporate under the new law on May
3lst, and there being no opposition it
will carry, and hereafter our own town
council will license the saloons.
Some eight or ten blocks have been
improved with new sidewalks this
spring. which wonderfully odds to the
appearance as a town.
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FIERCE FOREST FIRES.
The Michigan Lumber Region Badly
Devastated.

MARQUETTE, Mich, May 25.-Heavy
forest fires are raging throughout Mar
quette, Alger, Beroga, Houghton and
Mewen counties. In many places saw
mills are threatened, but up to this
morning none are burned. Large forces
of men are engaged in Houghton
county fighting fires. The most serious
trouble is experienced at ORielly &
Co.'s camps on the new D., s., s. g. A.
railroad. Large forces of Italians are
employed grading from Fostoria west,
and many narrow escapes were made
from the burning timber, but no cas-
ualties are reported. Several camps
have been burned belonging to the
OReillys. The extent of loss can not
be ascertalned. No reports have been
received from the west this morning.
The weather continues dry and hot and
the whole country for many miles
along the lake shore is involved in
clouds of smoke. Gillctte's saw mills,
six miles from tfe city, are threatened.
A large force is fighting the fire. with
good prospects of saving the mill if the
Wind does not change.
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COULDN'T KILL HIMsELV,
A Suicide Which Fails to be a Sui.
eide.

PRAIRIE Du CHEN, Wis.,, May "a
Joseph A. kistler, of Giard, Clayton
county, Ia, put up at the Sherman
house In this city last night and re-
quested the porter not to call him early
in the morning. The porter went to
his room about IL a. M. today and
called him, but received no answer.
This made him uneasy about the guest
and he went on the verandah and
looked through the open window, and
saw the mani spasms and uttering the
word 'strychnine." Dr. Conant was
called and pumped out the con-
tents of the then almost rigid self de-
stroyer. a short time afterward he
was able to talk nationally, and stated
that he had taken strychnine in whis-
ky, and wanted to die, as his marital
relations for the last twenty-nine
years had been of continued misery.
He had two days before attempted to
take his life with morphine at the Jul
len house in Dubuque, but failed. He
is well known in Iowa, and we'll to do,
and there can be no question but the
man is partially insane. A letter was
written by him stating that he took
strychnine, and did not want to live
any longer, also giving the address of
brother, who would see to his proper
interment. The man will recover.
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THE WORLD ATLARGE
Bold Blackmailing Attempt in
New York.
Chicago's Moral Reform Moves
Onward.
A MOB OF OUTLAWS.
Attorney General of Texas is Wrathy,
An Unusual Occurrence.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 24.-The mur-
der of the colored boy Andrew MCGEE
at Willis, Texas, Saturday night, by
mob of so called respectable citizens,
was such palpable outrage as to call
forth the remonstrance of a democra-
tic attorney general of Texas, an ad-
vent of rare occurrence where the VIC
tim is colored person. Attorney gen.
eral Hoggs' letter to the prosecuting
attorney Of Montgomery county, stig-
matizes the murder as an outrage upon
all law and decency, and characterizes
the murderers as mob of outlaws for
whose acts there can be no mitigation
or excuse, for they took the negro from
the costodians of the law, thus showing
they had supreme contempt both for
laws of God and man. He advises the
most vigorous search for the murder
ers and that when they are apprehended
they be indicted and prosecuted to the
full extent Of the law, adding that both
the governor and the department of
justice stand ready and willing to rem
der him any assistance he may desire.
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Lamar Sustains Sparks in Sew.
eral Decisions.
Brule County Visited by a Small
Cyclone.
SPARKs'S DECISIONS.
Secretary Lamar Sustains Several
Northwestern Cases.

WASHINGTON, May 24-In the case
of the appeal of Hoag johnson from
the decision of Commissioner Sparks,
Secretary Lamar sustains the decision
and orders cancell tion Of the pre-emp-
tion entry of Johnson in the st. Paul
district. The decision of the commits
sioner is also sustained In ordering
cancellation of pre-emption cash entry
CT Charles p. Blake in st. Paul district.
A special agent visited the claim and
found ian unfinished house, with snow
so deep in it that it was impossible to
determine whether it was foored or
not. There was no roof and the walls
showed no indications that there ever
had been roof;no window nor door,
nor any opening in the wall for any;
no clearing-no trees cut except such
as had been cut down to furnish logs
for the house"
George Maurer's appeal from the de-
cision of general land Office cancel
ing homestead entry in Mitchell dis
trict is denied. The commissioners
decision is affirmed and entry cancelled
"for bad faith and attempt to defraud
the government" The decision of
Commissioner Sparks is affirmed in
the matter of holding for cancellation
the homestead entry of John j. Hills,
of Beadle county, Dakota 1t was
shown that Hills wholly abandoned
said tract for more than six months,
and never made nor erected habita-
BILE house, nor established residence
thereon, and wholly failed to improve
within six months, as required by law.
1t was further shown that Hills is a
single man, who lived in Mortified,
Mimi, and returned to Mortified soon
after making entry and before making
any improvement. He afterwards
erected little shantY worth SIS on
the claim, and slept in it three or four
times" No evidence of intent to re-
side upon or improve the land is
showa. John p. Krautz is granted
homestead entry in Mitchell land Of
flee. Presumption cash entry is denied
Edwin Burke in st. Cloud district.
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THE DAYS DOINGs.
favorable Reports frcn' the An
nuaI Texas Roundup.
The Pope Denounces Dr.. Nc
GIynn's Course.
fellow Jack Discovered in Key
West, Fla.
The Case of DIR. McGlynn.

NEW YORK, May A.-Archbishop
korrigan today received letter from
he nope regarding the case of DR.. Nc
Elynu. The letter commends the
knI,rse of the archbishop, laments the
feaellon against his authority and de-
lo,rs the fact that other members of
h. clergy are imbued with the doc
hines of DR.. McGlynn. The pope re-
ers to the views Of McGlynn on the
ind question as the vicious seeds of a
doctrine promulgated under the pre-
bxt of helping the masses. The pope
ssured the archbishop his good name
Ind dignity as well as that of the apos-
bic see would not be permitted to
h,frer any indignity and that timely
Measures would be taken for the cor
ectien of the rebellion. On
ens shown the pore's letter
Henry George said the same was un-
(oubtedly in reply to the garbled
tatement sent to the pope by Arch
bishop Cor-igan. He didn't think it
mounted to much, and ridiculed the
cpe's expression of sympathy for the
rchOiShOp.
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Comstock After Dana.

New YORK, May 24.-Anthony Com
tock, who supervises our morals, has
bund very severe critic of his doings
b Editor Dana, of the Sun. Now he
links he has chance to get square.
foiay's Sun printed the confession
nade by Janitor Titus, who murdered
fillie Smith at a Methodist seminary
New Jersey. 1t contained pretty
livid account of the lustful conduct of
he murderer and victim before the
Eime, the unprintable part of the mar
btiye being indicated by stats. This
fternoon Cemstock called on the dis
Fict attorney and demanded that
lana be indicted. The matter was
romised careful consideration. Com
lock said the Sun had offended sew
fal times lately against public de-
ency, and he would do all in his power
intlict Dana or any other internal
eoundrel who was responsible for the
Indications"
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CONTINUED REFORM.
Chicago's Moral Wave Rolling on
Throughout the CITY,

CHICAGO, May 24.-Over score of
noted cyprians, who for two or three
years past have piled their calling on
the west side, will bid long farewell
to Chicago today and betake them
selves to other cities. The majority of
them have maintained establishments
containing from three to a dozen in
mates, but With a few exceptions their
tools or victims are not accompanying
them into exile From information
which has been secured 10y officers of
the Desp'aines street station, it is de-
veloped that the exiles are to divide
themselves between half IL dozen cities,
some going to New York. others to
Cincinnati, a couple to Pittsburgh,
Cleveland and Columbus. and three to
Kansas City. AT the city hall it is
said that this exodus is mlI begin
ming and that several keepers of bag
MOS and other less atllnent unfortu-
mates will i;l ii to their advantage to
shake the duat 0. Chicago from their
feet i'll the course of the next two
months,
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Bad Outlook in the North.

FARGO, May 2l.-Crop reports re-
celved show the damage from high
winds in western and central Cass
county to lie about 10 per cent, and in
the northern part of the county TWEEN
ty-Iive to thirty. The Grandin farm is
damaged 30 per cent and the Western
3311 per cent. Lisbon and Wahpeton
report the damage slight. jamestown,
Carringtol, Devils Lake, Steele, Bis
marck and Dickinson reports crops un-
injured and an increase OF acreage. In
Minnesota, Warren, Halstead and
Campbell report 30 per cent damage,
while Lake Park and Etrndae report
no injuries whatever. The eccnt frosts
has injured the crops iu the immediate
vicinity of Fargo from to per cent.
The prevailing opinion OF farmers is
that nothing can save the crop of the
Red river valley proper except heavy
and immediate rain.
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PUkW ANA.

PUKwANA, May 23.-On Friday even-
ing last there was fine fall of rain in
this vicinity and again on Saturday
morning. When the shower was over
the clouds did not clear away. The
elements seemed in an angry mood,
and anxious to give a further exhibl-
tion of what they could do. Black
clouds loomed up in the west, and
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon there
burst upon us the most terrific thunder
storm ever witnessed in this region. 1t
lasted for about two hours. The rain
poured down in torrents and the west
wind tore through the town at fur
ious rate. Small buildings were torn
to pieces, and one end of Crosby's barn.
structure 30x50 feet, was blown out
into the street about fifteen feet. Hail
fell for about fifteen minutes and
nearly every west window in town had
the glass broken out. The large front
windows of Frank Weiss's hardware
store were destroyed, and but three
lights remain in the west side of the
school house. One could not see across
the street during & part of the time
The rainfall was immense. Crops al
ready had fine start, and with the
ground full of water The farmers are
jubilant at the prospect.
During the shower last Friday even
ing, Mr.. Charl IS Youhill went out to
lead into the stable two year old
colt. A heavy clap of thunder startled
the colt and made MIN unmanageable.
Mr.. Youhill was thrown and injured
severely. a large cash was cut in his
head, and being alone, he nearly bled
to death. DIR. Steensen sewed up the
wound the next morning.
Professor Harden came in on the
train Friday night on farmers al
lance mission. He and a. Darrow
went out to Ola ant Bijou Hills to Or
ganize branches.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Phillips will soon
remove to Chamberlain. much to the
regret of the people of this town. Mr..
Thomas will take MIR. Phillips place
as manager of Smiths lumber yard,
Mrs. Deals, of Frerpnrt. Ills. has
been in town for several days. She
came out to see the country and is
agreeably disappointed in it.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Slater fund for freedmen is in
creaslng.
a New York syndicate has bought
the 81: Louis university property for
$677,629.
The Rev. ". T. Davis has been fined
500 and costs tor preaching Oh Boston
Common.
Peter Ryan las been convicted at
Atlantic, Iowa, ii murder III the Sec
ond degree.
Michael Cunlan Of Boston has been
nys:e!iously murdered at Meredith
Village, Vt.
The queen is about to confer q baro-
netcy on Sir Reginald Hanson, lord
mayor of London.
The Frankfort Gazette confirms the
report OF the discovery of :. pic. .!
Noyo Tcherkask to kill the czar.
AT Ninevah, Broome county, N. Y,
last night, Merchant Bennett killed an
unknown burglar whom he fonnd in
his store
Myram NJ. Cullan, aged 35, an en-
ploye at Bonds mill, at Woodlake,
Mich, fell On cut off saw and was
cut in two.
Mrs. Franc er, of Akron, N. Y, COM
mitted suicide Friday night by hang
ing herself in the parlor OF her home,
while temporarily insane.
Charges are made that members of
the Canadian parliament have been
bribed to pass bill relating to the
Mutual Reserve association, of New
York.
The German despatch boat Fake
has captured the English fishing YES
sci Lady Godiva, near the Island of
Norderney, and towed her to Wilhelms-
haven.
AT Cooweceowe court house, Chero-
kee Nation, Sarah Field, a Delaware
Indian woman, was convicted of in
fanticide and sentenced to be hanged
Aug. 18th.
A passenger train on the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad was
ditched by running into herd of cat
tie near Pueblo yesterday. A tramp
named Moore was killed.
Heavy rainfalls are reported in
Thuringia and Sllesia, a snoWstorm in
the south of Germany, and alarming
waterspouts in Bohemia. The town OF
Zwickan in Saxony is partially inun-
dated.
Richard Hance, young man resid-
ing at Kokomo, Ind, was shot and al
most instantly killed at Indianapolis
last night by an unknown man with
whom he was seen conversing few
minutes previous. The stranger es-
capped.
Thomas b. Penicks, assistant fore
man OF the folding room of the gov
ernment printing office. has resigned
at the request of the Public Printer,
and L. L. Ruttenber, OF Orange county,
N. Y, has been appointed to the
place.
The boiler in the planning mill of
Lecornu & Brother at Fulton, KY, ex-
ploded yesterday, killing John Roscoe,
Jeamster; Fred George, r}aner, and
Lucien McLary, engineer. A half
dozen others were seriously injured.
One of them, James D. Lucas, can not
recover. -
Editor j. Coyle, of San Antonio, who
created sensation by smashing the
statue of st. Theresa with sledge
hammer, was fined $500, and in default
of payment was put in the chain gang.
He refused to work. and is now occu-
pying a bread and water cell. Bishop
Neraz strongly condemns Coyle's &C.
tion.
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Perseverance Rewarded

FoXFoRD, Miss, May 4.-Bob Lamar,
fcused of killing Harmon brothers, of
Rllas, Miss, in 1884, was acquitted by
jury yesterday on the third trial.
(e case having been taken to the su-
feme court three times. Lamar was
fst sentenced to be hanged; on the
cond trial he was sentenced to state
Elson for life. He will now be taken
Calhoun county aud tried for killing
Effective Wise, of Texas, just after he
pied Harmon brothers. Lamar's
other-in-law, Bishop. was hanged at
ttsboro last June for the crime.
amar is said to have been with
slop. Detective Wise was after
Rmar, and a reward was offered for
m for killing the Harmons. Wise
as leu 'rnto a trap and murdered.
emar went into the wilds OF Alaska,
nere he was finally captured.
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Express Robbery in Texas.

kAUs1lN, Texas, May 24.-The passen-
= train on the International Il Great
|orthern road was stopped last evening
McNeill station, a few miles north
here, by fifteen or twenty men.
1ty shots were fired and one man was
ghtly wounded in the hand. An
her report is that two men were
aleo. Fifty mounted and armed men
evlng here for McNeill. The party
st captured the operator before the
rival of the train and as soon as the
pm drew in boarded it attacking the
glneer and express messenger. The
press car was robbed, but theamount
zen is not yet ascertained. The
Ills were not touched but the pas
ngers were held up and a considera-
amount taken.
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THE CURSE OF OFFICE.
Fear of Removal Drives an Officeholder
Mad.

ABERDEEN, May 24--At 5 o'clock
Sunday afternoon Thomas NJ. Plaisted
was taken form the Huron train in an
insensible condition. lie is now a raw
ing maniac and has been taken to the
city hospital. lie is clerk of the court
of Marshall county, and his home is at
Britton. The facts show that some
parties we're trying to have him re-
moved, and in his rawlings he claims he
was poisoned at Huron yesterday. He
also talks of prominent eastern people,
his uncle now being governor of Maine
and lie himself once being member
of the Maine legislature and highly
connected. The doctors think his
trouble will tlrn into congestion of the
brain, and have no hopes OF his re-
covery.
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ELEVEN JURORS SECURED.
sharp's Counsel Frightened, But the
Prosecution Relieves Them.

New YORK, May 2t,-lhe work OF
selecting a jury tnT he t,ial Of Jake
Sharp was continued to-day. Eleven
jurors We're in tEt box, The twelfth
seat being vacant on !, challenge iy
tie defense. Herman Ingall was ;.c-
cepted for the vacant chair. John T.
Parsons of the defense, said:
1--WE suspend our priesnptory chal-
lenge here To- await The course vi tile
prosecution
"Iou are content with the jury as it
is noM cunstitutet: s;sl,l the court,
With d falling infection.
"No; we make no statement on that
point; we simply suspend" "Well,
swear the jury" said judge Barrett.
This caused a momentary panic among
Sharp's counsel, but they were relieved
after moment by the prosecution,
who received the challenge for the peo.
pie, and challenged the eighth juror,
Frank G. Minshall. The work of fill
ing his place was then begun.
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Carrying Oh the Fight,

NIAGARA FALLS, May 24.--Mr.
O'Brien did not leave his bed today un-
til II o'clock, and then he was so weak
as to be almost unable to stand. He
had to be assisted in dressing. DIR.
Campbell told O'Brien positively that
he was unable to leave his bed, much
less to set out on a journey to Hamilton,
but the latter was as firm as rock. 81
will CO." he said. "They expect me
and have arranged to go, and can not
disappoint my friends" lie left by the
1880 train which arrived in Hamilton
at 3 y. m. Toronto is not more than
forty miles from Hamilton and it is re-
ported that bodies of Orangemen are
coming to make a descent upon the
latter city,
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MURDERoUs BLAcKMAILER.
Bold Attempt to Extort Money from a
Wealthy Bostonian.

BOSTON, May PA desperate and
daring blackmailer created consider
able excitement on Back Bay yester-
day by an attempt to extort money
from one of the Oldest and most
prominent residents of that section at
the point of a revolver. The intended
victim of this rascal was John d. Bates.
a wealthy and retired merchant, who
lives with his family in an elegant
mansion at l61 Commonwealth avenue.
A servant answered the bell and found
aneatly dressed young man standing on
the doorsteps. He inquired if Mr.
Bates was in, and was told that he was.
The young man accepted the domestics
offer and took a seat in the vestibule.
a minute or two later Mr.. Bates came
down stairs to see what was wanted of
him. The young man said he wanted
to see him privately, as he had some
very important business to transact
with him. Mr.. Bates ushered him
into the back parlor and closed the
doors. Before l begin to tell you the
object of my call allow me-" said the
young man, "to inform you am one of
Pinkerton's detectives" lie then told
MIR. Bates that he had some informa-
tion. which, if he should make public,
would be the means of running his
character, and by paying him certain
sum of money he would be saved all
the trouble and disgrace. Mr.. Bates
told him repeatedly he would not give
him cent, and kept telling him to
leave. MIR. Bates refusing to give him
the money he drew self cooking 3S
calibre revolver from his pocket. Plac-
ing it at Mr.. Bates's head, he threatened
to kill him if he did not "Give in" Mr..
Bates jumped from his seat and ran to
the door. The blackmailer was so sur
prised by Mr. Bates's action, that be-
fore he recovered the merchant had
escaped and locked the door after him.
Mr.. Bates sent one of his servants to
police headquarters for an officer.
Capt. Coulter despatched officer Hen
sey to Mr.. Bates's residence. Before
his arrival the daring rascal had
jumped from the window into the
yard and escaped. A description of
the man was sent to all the police sta
tions, and an active search is now be-
ing made for him.